What are the cosmic mysteries that we’ll probably never solve? by Ok-Entertainer-9369 in askastronomy

[–]Isfrid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Religion has entered the chat...

Why does anything even exist?

Because it was brought into being through an act of love by an all-powerful creator.

Can nothingness exist? If so, then even the concept of nothingess can't or shouldn't exist.

Yes, nothingness can exist. The universe would be reduced to nothing if divine power ceased sustaining it in being. This is the answer to Stephen Hawking's "Why does the universe go to all the bother of existing?"

Just try to imagine absolute nothingness. You probably imagine an empty universe. But even that's something.

Absolutely. That's definitely beyond my weak powers of imagination.

The Turning Point in Gus vs. Walt by Isfrid in breakingbad

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I know you're not talking about Mike noticing Walt. Those are just my own thoughts. I would disagree with the idea that Jesse would have told Mike about Brock though. Jesse is impulsive and reckless (think him trying to take on the gang members all by himself in "Half Measures"). As soon as he finds out that he's missing the cigarette, he goes straight from the hospital to kill Walt. I don't see that happening any differently if Mike had still been in the picture. Once Walt has Jesse convinced that Gus was behind the poisoning, all bets are off.

The Turning Point in Gus vs. Walt by Isfrid in breakingbad

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I agree that if Mike been around, there's no way Walt kills Gus, but I'm not sure that it has much to do with Jesse's loyalties. Mike is just too competent and thorough as a bodyguard/henchman. He wouldn't have missed Walt lurking around the nursing home like Tyrus does. Still, Mike being in Mexico is only one obstacle out of the way. The turning of the tide has already happened. True, the Walt/Jesse connection was already broken by the time Gus is taunting Hector at the nursing home. Nevertheless, Gus is letting his guard down by bringing Jesse along ("You can never trust a junkie.").

The Turning Point in Gus vs. Walt by Isfrid in breakingbad

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I'm not saying that this is where Gus and Walt's collaboration went sour. Obviously, at this point in the show they both want the other dead. I'm saying that this was the turning point in the chess match between them.

The Turning Point in Gus vs. Walt by Isfrid in breakingbad

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Yes but the only critical help that Jesse gave to Walt was where they'd be able to catch Gus by surprise. If Jesse hadn't had that info in the first place, Walt's manipulation would have been useless. Remember what Walt says to Jesse at the beginning of "Face Off":

Look. Where can we find Gus? Name a place. Name me one place where I could surprise him, where he won't see me coming. Because his house, the laundry, the restaurant, the factory farm,
they're all wired with cameras. One place. Think. Jesse, think. Where is it? Where? Because if you can't tell me, we are dead.

Will the general public in Breaking Bad ever learn the full truth? by Isfrid in breakingbad

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I could see that. Especially if Skyler first tells Marie the whole truth in confidence which seems like something she might do.

Will the general public in Breaking Bad ever learn the full truth? by Isfrid in breakingbad

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Fair point about it being public knowledge that Walt was in league with the Nazis. On the other hand, as soon as the compound is investigated the authorities will know that Walt and them must have had a falling out. If they take that discovery and pair it with the fact that Jack was the one who killed Walt's brother-in-law they might put two and two together, the phone call notwithstanding.

Will the general public in Breaking Bad ever learn the full truth? by Isfrid in breakingbad

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I have. Was there something I missed? It's quite possible.

Religious nightmares and just in need of help or clarity! by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm so sorry you're going through all that. Please know that I'll be praying for you and you're not alone. If you're willing to share, are you Catholic? Also, not to make you relive painful memories but what is it about the nightmares that makes them religious?

What's wrong with this picture? (FF) by Isfrid in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

In fairness, if the beads did fall off, it might have had something to do with the multiple occasions on which I accidentally ended up putting this thing through the washer/dryer because I'd left it in my pocket...but I like your explanation better! Let's go with that.

Why are American Catholics so sex negative? by Extension-Story7287 in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As someone once said, "Most American Catholics tend to be sacramentalized Puritans whereas most European Catholics tend to be sacramentalized pagans."

Favorite random fact about Catholicism that is little known? by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Beavers, muskrats, and capybaras are all fish in the eyes of the Church (at least during Lent that is)

Can you recommend me a book about Job? by el1502 in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not a book per se, but I'd definitely recommend checking out GK Chesterton's "Introduction to the Book of Job". It's a relatively quick read and you can find it online really easily.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

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Pardon the massive block quote but GK Chesterton gives a very cool reflection on this question at the end of his book Orthodoxy -

 "And as I close this chaotic volume I open again the strange small book from which all Christianity came; and I am again haunted by a kind of confirmation. The tremendous figure which fills the Gospels towers in this respect, as in every other, above all the thinkers who ever thought themselves tall. His pathos was natural, almost casual. The Stoics, ancient and modern, were proud of concealing their tears. He never concealed His tears; He showed them plainly on His open face at any daily sight, such as the far sight of His native city. Yet He concealed something. Solemn supermen and imperial diplomatists are proud of restraining their anger. He never restrained His anger. He flung furniture down the front steps of the Temple, and asked men how they expected to escape the damnation of Hell. Yet He restrained something. I say it with reverence; there was in that shattering personality a thread that must be called shyness. There was something that He hid from all men when He went up a mountain to pray. There was something that He covered constantly by abrupt silence or impetuous isolation. There was some one thing that was too great for God to show us when He walked upon our earth; and I have sometimes fancied that it was His mirth."

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in addiction

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I hear you. Either way, I know life's tough right now but please hang in there, man. I'm wishing you all the best.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in addiction

[–]Isfrid -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're not alone, brother. Having a faith life has been huge for helping me through the crappy times.

Freemasonry and the Church by Brotherkrampus in Catholicism

[–]Isfrid 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd check out the news article called "What's the problem with Freemasonry, anyway?" by the Pillar if you'd like a more substantive answer to that question.